Where To Stream NOVA Season 45 Episode 4
Great Escape at Dunkirk
- Aired February 14, 2018
- 60 Min
- Rated 8.3
- Number 105 Of 294 Rated Episodes
As France fell to the German armies in May 1940, 400,000 Allied troops were trapped on the beaches of Dunkirk. Their annihilation seemed certain—a disaster that could have led to Britain's surrender. But then, in a last-minute rescue, Royal Navy ships and a flotilla of tiny civilian boats evacuated hundreds of thousands of soldiers to safety across the Channel—the legendary "miracle of Dunkirk." Now, NOVA follows a team of archaeologists and historians as they recover fresh evidence of the...